And it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth."

"There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."